OpenBMC, the open source BMC firmware project, is announcing the
general availability of release 2.8.0.
Developed by a global community, the OpenBMC 2.8 release includes
hundreds of new contributions.
Enhancements include:
– Yocto refresh to “Dunfell” version 3.1
– Additional Redfish support
– Move to Redfish Specification 1.9.0
– Redfish support for 2020.1 Schemas
– GUI enhancements
– mTLS HTTPS authentication
– Partial PLDM Support
– Partial MCTP Support
A complete list of OpenBMC 2.8 features is available in the OpenBMC
community release notes.
Read more about OpenBMC and how to get involved with the project here.
About OpenBMC:
The OpenBMC project is a Linux distribution for embedded Baseboard
Management Controllers; for devices like servers, top of rack switches
or RAID appliances. The OpenBMC stack uses technologies such as Yocto,
OpenEmbedded, systemd, and D-Bus to allow easy customization for your
server platform.